Morning arrived far to soon for the dark Alicorn as he groaned from the light shining through the window. Pulling himself slowly from his bed in the medical wing, he winced in pain as he placed his rear left hoof onto the ground. The minor impact causing a bolt of pain to shoot through the sore spot in which the needle had entered on his flank. He gave a sigh as he looked back to the slightly swollen area before casting a soothe spell onto it to calm the pain.

"I am going to make the changeling pay for causing me this much pain." He growled out as he slowly trotted from the medical wing, heading toward the dining hall to grab some breakfast.

As he arrived within the hall, he was greeted with many different smells of breakfast. Pancakes, muffins, eggs, toast, the works. Upon arriving at his seat he gave a smile and nod toward one of the maids as they passed by.

"Good morning your majesty." She spoke out happily.

"Morning my dear." He replied before turning to the table and quickly making a plate. Stopping for a moment as he noticed Celestia glaring at him slightly. "Uh.......... Morning?" He said, giving a nervous chuckle as well.

"Midnight, dear." She began. "I think it is time we fully discussed your little get togethers with other mares, as well as your duties in becoming king." She spoke out with a hint of ice behind her words. Midnight giving a nervous swallow upon hearing them. In all of his time spent with Celestia, he had never known her to be unkind or wrathful in any way, shape, or form. To hear her speak like that seemed terrifying, and exhilarating.

"Alright then, would you like to discuss it now, or later?" He asked as he finished preparing his plate and began to dive in.

"Now would be a proper time seeing as we have the lack of company." Celestia stated flatly as she watched him look around to see nopony in sight. Not even a guard.

Midnight sat there as he could feel a pang of fear rising in his gut from seeing the stern gaze of the sun goddess sitting across from him. After a few more tense moments of silence she spoke up causing him to jump instinctively.

"I have already discussed this with the others that you intend to marry as well, and they have agreed to my decision." She spoke out as her stern expression never faltered. "We have all agreed that once each of them has bore a child by you, that in order to keep your libido under control, you are to become a gelding." She finished.

*THUD* *twitch*

"Tia......." Came the voice of Discord as he appeared next to her while covering his mouth with his bear paw. "I think *snrk* I think you may have overdone it this time." *pfffft* He began to chuckle as he floated over the table to see the dark Alicorn laying, unmoving on his back.

"I think it to be appropriate for having spent some time with Chrysalis. Even allowing her to *shudder* touch him." She shivvered at the thought.

"Still though, this turn of events has brought quite a bit of juicy chaos I must say." Discord chuckled as he poked Midnight's nose trying to wake him.

"Ugh........... huh WHAT!?" Midnight shouted as he bolted upright without looking and headbutted Discord. Both of them falling back to the ground and rolling around at the sudden pain on their foreheads.

"NNNNNNNNNNNGH!!!! Son of a bitch that hurt!" Midnight growled as he rubbed his forehead repeatedly with his forelegs.

"Ow ow ow ow ow ow!" Discord groaned as he did the same, rolling around on the ground. Celestia sitting back and giggling at the two for a minute before they finally stopped.

The dark Alicorn, after finishing rubbing his forehead, pulled himself upright as he began to speak with wide eyes toward Celestia.

"Tia! You have got to be kidding about the gelding thing! Please don't do that to me!" He spoke out in utter fear.

"And why not? You are going to have three other foals with three other mares were you not? Is that not enough? Or were you planning on keeping this open relationship status even as king?" She glared toward him causing him to cringe backwards.

After a few seconds his eyes began to water slightly as he lowered his head before giving a deep sigh.

"I'll do it............" He trailed off. "If it means that much to you to prove that I wouldn't stray, then I'll do it........."

"Midnight.........." Celestia spoke up softly as he raised his eyes to meet hers. He seeing the wicked smile spread across her face that he has seen many times before. "I was only joking dear." She stated before giving a soft giggle at his expression of complete shock.

"You........... wha............. HUH?!" He spoke out as his mouth hung open.

"Oh my, I do believe that you just got punk'd my dear boy." Discord chuckled as he rolled around laughing upon seeing the dark Alicorn's reaction.

After a moment of shock, and looking from Discord back to Celestia. Midnight furrowed his brow as he gave a grumpy expression before crossing his arms.

"Tia, that has got to be the meanest trick that anyone has ever played on me." He stated as she stopped giggling and looked to him in slight worry. "I've taught you well." He smirked before all three of them burst out laughing.

"I do hate to interrupt, but may I borrow Midnight for a moment?" Came Luna's voice as she trotted through the door and into the room.

The three of them looked back to her before Midnight stood, making his way to the princess of the night. "Yes Luna?" He asked but stopped as she nodded to the door of the room before walking toward it.

"We shall see you later my dear." Celestia smiled to her future husband as he nodded back, following Luna out of the room and walking down the hall.

The two dark Alicorns walked in silence for a couple of minutes until the had reached the castles garden. Stepping outside and into the warming rays of the sun as they melted the already almost completely melted snow. The remnants of a cool breeze slowly brushing past them as they finally stopped at a gazebo.

"Luna? You're not usually this quiet. Something on your mind?" Midnight began as they took a seat.

"Well, I thought that you have had enough time to recuperate from your time as a statue so that I may ask something of you." She smiled wickedly toward him only to cause him to feel nervous once again.

"Ok.......... what do you want to ask of me?" He asked, feeling a little worried. His worries came to fruition though as her horn lit up and a small piece of paper floated out from her regalia that she bore on her chest. Floating it over to Midnight he gave a disgruntled expression as he looked back to Luna.

"You have got to be kidding me." He stated flatly as he sighed. "You have kept this little piece of paper for five years, and you are using it now, after I haven't even been released from my stone prison for even a month now." He snorted in slight annoyance.

"Well, I thought it would be appropriate in such a case as something does happen and you get turned to stone again. Then what would this be but a useless piece of paper again?" She hummed softly while giving an innocent expression.

"Ugh!................... Fine............. When will we start?" He grumped as he glared at her.

"Tomorrow night, so get plenty of sleep. I am going to have you for twenty four hours, and I plan on using every second of it." She grinned mischievously.

Midnight gave her a disgruntled expression as she turned and trotted off with a little spring in her step. Giving a sigh he headed back toward the banquet hall to advise Celestia of what would be going on the following day.

After a few minutes of walking, and mulling over what Luna had in mind for him, he had arrived back into the banquet hall just as Celestia and Discord were finishing up their breakfast and was about to leave the table when they caught sight of him and his sour expression.

"Night? What's wrong?" Celestia asked as he came over to the table and took a seat next to her.

"Your sister, has decided to ask for her Hearths Warming present. So I will not be available for twenty four hours starting at twelve am." He groaned. "Now I have to go and tell my ladies in Ponyville. Applejack isn't going to be happy either, Tonight was supposed to be our night together, and she is pretty stubborn about keeping that option available." He chuckled.

"Luna wants her Hearths Warming present?" Discord asked while cocking his head.

"Yea, I gave it to her before I was turned to stone five years back. I gave her a piece of paper stating that she would have me for an entire day to do her bidding in exchange for forgiving me for all of our prior transgressions." He shuddered now that he thought about it.

Just as he was about to say something else, Discord burst out laughing while rolling around on the floor. After a good five minutes he had pulled himself together before standing up and draping an arm around the dark Alicorn.

"My boy, I must admit, you are more chaotic than myself at times." He chuckled causing Midnight to cock a brow. "You see, I have been around since the dawn of time itself. I knew Luna's parents as well as herself and Celestia since they were born. Although we fell out for quite some time, I have learned one particular thing about the princess of the night that I would like to advise you of." He grinned.

"And that would be?" Midnight asked, awaiting Discords answer.

"You have screwed up big time by allowing her to have you to do her bidding for a day. Did you not see the memorial in the garden?" He chuckled.

"Yeeeeeeeeeeees I saw it, and I still don't believe that she could have been so cruel as to take the life of a pony like that." He sighed.

"Midnight, dear, that pony wasn't killed by Luna. He went insane from the things that Luna asked him to do for her. It wasn't found out until later on after he had passed, but had actually died from a nut allergy that we were not aware of. He was found in a tub of peanut butter, his entire body was swollen so bad that it had............" She was cut off by Midnight who waved his hooves about as he spoke.

"OK! OK! I get the point! Good grief, this is going to suck." He groaned before standing, his horn lighting up as he spoke.
"I'm going to go tell my ladies now about this predicament. I'll be back this evening for my torture session with your sister." He stated just before disappearing in a flash of light.

"Ten bits says he caves within two hours." Discord chuckled toward the sun princess.

"A hundred bits say he lasts until noon." She grinned seeing Discords shock.

"Deal!" He chuckled as they shook paws/hooves.

After teleporting back into Ponyville, Midnight had made his way toward the library, entering ad finding his lavender love sitting at her desk reading yet another book.

"Hey love." He spoke up causing her to jump slightly in her seat.

"GAH! Night! How many times have I told you not to sneak up on me like that?!" She choked out, Midnight giving her a deadpanned expression as he spoke back.

"Seriously? I'm an eight foot black Alicorn with a fire mane and tail, How could you miss me?"

Twilight facehoofed giving a groan. "You are going to give me a heart attack one of these days."

"Well, let's see if I can do that now then shall we?" He chuckled only to cause her to cock a brow, curious. Midnight gave a sigh as he began. "Luna has decided that she wants me to fulfill her Hearths Warming present that I gave her before the whole stone incident."

Twilight sat there for a moment just staring at him before bursting into laughter. After a few minutes she finally got her laughter under control before speaking.

"Are you serious? She really wants you to do that after all of this time?" She giggled softly.

The dark Alicorn stood there with an annoyed look plastered across his face as he spoke.

"You aren't helping bookworm." He snorted. "I was telling you first so that I could get some input on what to expect."

Twilight stared at him once again before bringing a hoof up to her chin, looking a little thoughtful. "To be honest, I haven't the slightest clue as to what to expect from her. I can only tell you what I've heard from rumor."

Midnight stood there slack jawed while speaking. "You mean to tell me that you and her haven't talked much in five years while I was a garden centerpiece?"

Twilight gave a sheepish smile causing him to face hoof. "Alright, fine, I guess I had better go tell Rarity and AJ." He groaned.

"Oh, I can tell Rarity. I was on my way over there anyway. Well, I was about two hours ago before I picked up this awesome book." She giggled showing a tinge of pink in her cheeks.

"Alright, I'll go on to Applejack's then. I'm sure Rarity will be fine when you tell her." He smiled as his lady stood and walked toward the door, Midnight close behind.

After exiting the library, Midnight took flight and made his way over to Sweet Apple Acres to find the orange earth pony sitting on the porch having an early lunch. Landing a few yards from the farm house he made his way up to the porch seeing her smile brightly toward him.

"Well now, ain't it a bit early for ya teh be here?" She chuckled softly in her southern drawl.

"That's part of the reason I'm here early doll." He spoke up giving a hint of nervousness. It wasn't often that he would avoid spending an evening with Applejack. Ever since she and his other ladies had made a few rules about him skipping a night with them during their respective days together. He had only missed two days in total with AJ, while the others were quite a bit higher. The reason that Applejack's was so low was due to her being a tad bit overprotective of the Alicorn when it came to having him miss a night with her. She would get worried that being an earth pony made her look and feel to plain for his tastes, and in such, would constantly worry that he may leave her if he ever felt unloved. The days that he would miss with AJ would also result in several fights between the to. Words would fly but they would always apologize to each other in the end.

"Do you remember our last Hearths Warming eve together?" He asked seeing her nod. "Do you remember the present I got for Luna?" Another nod. "Well, she came to me this morning asking for it. She wants me to be at her beck and call for the next twenty four hours, starting tonight." He sighed seeing AJ's expression turn sour before anger took over.

"Whut?" She said flatly as her ears pined back.

"I know, I'm sorry in advance for missing a day with you, and I promise to make it up to you." He stated as he looked away from her angry expression.

"Pinkie Promise? She asked while giving him a stare of annoyance.

"Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." He groaned while doing the motions. Once it was over AJ gave him a smile, content that she had an unbreakable promise from her stallion.

"Awright then. Ah guess ah can live one day without ya. But don't take that as ah invitation teh feel happy'bout leaving me hanging." She stated in a stern voice while eying him. "Ah still'spect ya teh spend an extra day with me next week teh make up fer tehnight. Ya hear?"

"Yea, I am fully aware of the make up procedure love." He chuckled. "No worries." He gave a smile moving closer to nuzzle her, she giving one in return but still holding her stern gaze.

"Now don't ya'll try'n butter me up none, yer still in trouble fer spending one'o my nights with another mare."

"Even if it is Luna?" He asked while cocking a brow.

"Especially Luna! Dern girl hasn't been the same since ya'll were put in stone. Ah expect her to have a bit'o fun with ya." She chuckled giving a wink only to cause Midnight's eyes to go wide.

"What?!"

"Oh ya know what? Ah ain't telling ya, heh. Ah think it better for her teh surprise ya." She chuckled louder as she turned and headed back into the house, leaving Midnight standing there only gawking.

"Oh God, what did I get myself into?" He groaned, stopping as a scroll magically appeared in front of him. He reaching out with his magic to unfurl it and read its contents.

More than you know

God and company

Midnight gave a deadpanned expression as he looked up toward the sky.

"THAT'S NOT FUNNY!" He shouted only for another scroll to appear.

Really? Because we all think it was freaking hilarious

God and company

"GAH!" Midnight shouted in annoyance and he teleported to the castle.